HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE LACTATION OF DAIRY ANIMALS
This thesis was written with the aim of modelling the lactation process in dairy cows and goats by applying a hierarchical Bayesian approach. Information on cofactors that could possibly affect lactation is included in the model through a novel approach using covariates. Posterior distributions of q...
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University of the Free State
2006
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-11032006-105824/restricted/ |